News

GCSE results 2019: Six interesting things we have learned

GCSE results are out this morning – here’s your usual handy Schools Week round up of the key trends....

John Dickens
John Dickens
Feature

How to apply for re-marks and appeal GCSE results 2019

GCSE results are on the horizon. If a grade doesn’t seem right, there are still some options available. Each...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Exam board marking league tables delayed by monitoring concerns

Ofqual, the exams regulator, is still trying to find a way to publish data on how the quality of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Exams ‘useless’ for computer science, say experts

Computing experts have questioned the future of the subject in schools after Ofqual launched a consultation on plans to...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Ofqual told to minimise fears around tests cheating

A behavioural-insights team commissioned by Ofqual to help it handle messaging around cheating and malpractice urged the regulator not...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Ofqual mulls grading change for language and science A-levels

Ofqual is considering a change to the grading of A levels in modern languages and the sciences, if it...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Ofqual investigates examiners’ experience and background

Ofqual is surveying examiners on their background amid fears from teachers that some lack the experience to mark scripts...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

Teaching thinking skills makes children more intelligent

All the evidence points to significant benefits of teaching children to think as well as cram for exams, argues...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Ofqual’s 2017 exam survey: the main findings

Fewer people understand how GCSEs work since the new 9 to 1 grading system came in. The exams regulator...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson